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Asia's lawmakers need not copy Europe

Asia's lawmakers need not copy Europe

Insight Region's governments should focus on core data protection concepts of harm prevention and accountability, yet stay true to culture, says IBM privacy chief.

Monday, October 12 2009 03:09 PM

Tags: Privacy, Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Government, Data Protection, Social Networking, IBM Corp., Law, Security


Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing

Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing

Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.

Friday, May 22 2009 09:11 AM

Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, telecommunications, Wireless, Tax, Lebanon


New Philippine law to boost e-commerce

New Philippine law to boost e-commerce

News Country approves legislation to establish central credit bureau, in a move deemed necessary to help e-commerce finally take off in the Philippines.

Monday, November 03 2008 06:39 PM

Tags: Regulations, Local Government, E-commerce, Internet, E-business, Law, Philippines, Online Payment, Small And Medium Business, information system


France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' Internet law

News Anti-piracy legislation, which calls for persistent file-sharers to have their Internet connection cut off, is a revised version of earlier legislation struck down by the courts.

Thursday, September 17 2009 10:17 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, IP, IP Address, Wi-Fi connection, Wi-Fi, File-sharing, Internet, Wi-Fi access


France adopts three-strikes law for piracy

News Soon, those in France accused of illegal file sharing multiple times could lose Internet access for up to a year, if they don't heed warnings.

Friday, October 23 2009 09:51 AM

Tags: Piracy, Web services, Law, ACTA Member, U.S., job, Piracy, Internet Access, European Union, antipiracy


In remembrance: DRMs

Blogs Last week, I was at a WIPO-organized forum on copyright and related rights in Singapore. Several persons spoke about...

Monday, November 02 2009 10:07 AM


Thailand's cyber law struggles with tech terms

News Thai experts say the Computer Related Crime Law contains ambiguities that make enforcement difficult, and creates confusion for software buyers.

Thursday, December 11 2008 07:45 AM

Tags: Corporate law, Web 2.0, Web sites, Web browsers, Business applications, Law, Thailand, Computer, Article 20, social networking


Swedish antipiracy law: Traffic down, ISP rebels

News Internet traffic in Sweden dropped by almost half after an antipiracy law took effect, but a loophole could take the teeth out of the law.

Monday, April 20 2009 08:19 AM

Tags: Piracy, Web sites, Audio Book, Law, Antipiracy Law, European Union, IP, IPRED, Netnod, Bahnhof


Fund will help alleged Swedish pirates hit by new law

News Pirate Bay spokesperson and Swedish politicians create fund to help alleged pirates fight accusations after the passage of new antipiracy law.

Friday, April 24 2009 09:22 AM

Tags: Piracy, Funding, Audio Book, Fund, Law, Piracy, Backup, Integrity Association, IP, IPRED


Swedish antipiracy law stirs up political waters

News In a country with a strong tradition of peer-to-peer networks, a new law requiring some ISPs to hand over data on alleged pirates is a hot-button issue.

Wednesday, April 01 2009 09:12 AM

Tags: Piracy, Law, Survey, game industry, IPRED, P2P, antipiracy, Sweden, File-sharing, Internet Service Provider


EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead

News The Telecoms Package, which still needs to pass a September vote, could have its wording tightened to avoid being used for a copyright crackdown, experts suggest.

Wednesday, July 09 2008 12:12 AM

Tags: Copyright, Regulations, Law, Amendment, European Parliament, Telecommunications, child pornography, File-sharing, British Broadcasting Corp., professor


Moore's Law will end 'commodity capitalism'

News Computers will eventually wipe out bean-counting jobs and the middlemen, so economies have to be knowledge-based to survive, says physics professor.

Tuesday, October 21 2008 06:30 PM

Tags: Processors, Nanotechnology, Technology, Law, Chip, Singapore, Cloud Computing, Computer, City University, sales agent


Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law

News Major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to Internet access.

Friday, November 06 2009 10:33 AM

Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Piracy, negotiator, Telecoms Reform Package, European Commission, Web sites, European Parliament, Telecommunications, European Union


Finland decrees Net access legal right

News Country becomes world's first to pass law making broadband access, at speeds of at least 1Mbps, a legal right for all its citizens by July 2010.

Friday, October 16 2009 01:21 AM

Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Finland, Telecommunications Company, International Telecommunications Union, mobile phone network, cell phone, Web sites, France, telecommunications


Willcox leaves Telstra board early

News Telstra director Peter Willcox has stood down from the Telstra board three months early due to his involvement in the James Hardie asbestos law suit.

Friday, August 28 2009 11:17 AM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business development/management, Telstra Corp., chairman, audit, telecommunications company, secretary, director, board, Business development/management


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